Name: Homage to the Lame Wolf: Selected Poems
Author: Simic, Charles
ISBN: 9780932440228

Homage to the Lame Wolf: Selected Poems

by Vasko Popa
translated by Charles Simic
introduction by Charles Simic

Oberlin College Press, 1987
Paper: 978-0-932440-22-8
Library of Congress Classification PG1419.26.O48A269 1987
Dewey Decimal Classification 891.8215

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Our first version of this selection from one of Eastern Europe's major figures sold out. The new version adds two sequences--"Give Me Back My Rage" and "Heaven's Ring"--as well as some previously unpublished sections of the justly famous series, "The Little Box." Simic and Popa are a perfect match. A book for surrealists, mythographers, postmodernists, scientists, and lovers of poetry and games. Winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

CHARLES SIMIC, by virtue of his Yugoslav background and his position as a celebrated contemporary American poet, is ideally situated to be translator for Popa. His years of work on Popa have brought his versions to a pitch of perfection rarely achieved in

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction • WHITE PEBBLE • White Pebble • Heart of the Pebble • Dream of the Pebble • Love of the Pebble • Adventure of the Pebble • Secret of the Pebble • Two Pebbles • BONE TO BONE • At the Beginning • After the Beginning • In the Sun • Under the Ground • In the Moonlight • Before the End • At the End • GAMES • Before the Game • Floornail • Hide-And-Seek • Seducer • Wedding • Rose Thieves • Between Games • Race • Seeds • Rotten Mare • Hunter • Ashes • After the Game • GIVE ME BACK MY RAGS • THE YAWN OF YAWNS • The Stargazer’s Legacy • Forgetful Number • Proud Error • Prudent Triangle • Echo Turned To Stone • The Tale About a Tale • The Yawn of Yawns • HEAVEN’S RING • Stargazer’s Death • Heaven’s Ring • Good For Nothing • Orphan Absence • The Shadow Maker • The Starry Snail • Immigrant Stars • ST. SAVA’S SPRING • St. Sava’s Spring • The Life of St. Sava • St. Sava • St. Sava the Blacksmith • St. Sava the Shepherd • St. Sava’s School • St. Sava’s Travels • St. Sava Before His Spring • HOMAGE TO THE LAME WOLF • WOLF’S EARTH • THE LITTLE BOX • The Little Box • The Admirers of the Little Box • The Craftsmen of the Little Box • The Owners of the Little Box • The Tenants of the Little Box • The Enemies of the Little Box • The Victims of the Little Box • The Judges of the Little Box • The Benefactors of the Little Box • The Prisoners of the Little Box • Last News About the Little Box • FROM RAW FLESH • Earthbound Constellation • Eyes of a Wolf • Stepfather of Wolves • Broken Horns • The Other World • Shadow of a Shewolf • Unknown Citizen • In the Village of My Ancestors • Under the Sign of Wolves • Wolf-Ancestry

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